Lady Macbeth Conforming To Expectations

Question 1

How does she conform to generic expectations for a Noble Lady in Act 1 scene 6?

Answer 1

She meets the king and tells him ‘ honors deep and broad wherewithal your majesty loads our house’
- she praises his presence and conforms to the generic expectation for the subservient female

Question 2

How does she confirms to the conventional feminine expectation in Act 1 scene 7 when creating the plan ?

Answer 2

‘ wine and wassail’
- she creates the plan but she does it to help her Husband

Question 3

How does Lady Macbeth conform to feminine expectations in Act 1 scene 5 through her language ?

Answer 3

She rejects her feminists to become powerful as she says ‘unsex me here’
Lady Macbeth in order to obtain pose seems to undergo a cathartic act of gender denial which therefore presents women as weak

Bonus
- A1S4 Macbeth ‘ black and deep desires’ he already through of murderer however she persuades him

Question 4

How are feminine stereotypes seen in Act 4 scene 3 by Macduff?

Answer 4

‘ I could play the women with my eyes’ Macduff
‘ make our women fight’

Question 5

How are feminine stereotypes seen in Act 2 scene 3 by Duncan ?

Answer 5

Presents women as weaker than men
‘ the repetition in a women’s war would murder as it fell’ Duncan